This is Trace team
and that's nothing against Jimmy. We made that decision
a year ago and we're going with that and we're not going to
mess around with that anymore.
And I don't think we really have messed around with that
much, but once we made that decision, we did, and Jimmy
understands that fully Hood. There's,
he's a big guy and it's nothing against him either, that's
a business decision. And
that's what makes it not awkward. Yeah. It's tough. That
but there's contracts or stuff that you have to do and that's
what
when I feel like we're doing, that was good. Can't.
And that was possible because of the type of guy, Jimmy is
and type of relationship. We have. And in the circumstances,
everyone, I think, if you look at it, you can see why it got
to this with the surgery and when it happened, and
we understand it and
it'll take care of itself. But
Jimmy knows, we're going with Trey, Trey knows are going with
Trey and our team does. So that's and Everyone likes both
the guys. So it's
it is what it is.
Cal Shanahan with that, completely unsuspicious.
Lustrous head of jet-black hair
roof talking about treatment,
I'm sorry. Yeah, it's yellow fin in the room. We don't see
the guy for six months and he shows up looking like Johnny
Cash. Come on man. Well, he's gone right here.
I don't know what to say. I mean, look at his dad is dad's
got a full head of hair and he's not there and I'm not
saying anything about the thickness. I'm talking about
the color. Oh, I could tell you, my friends will never
Colors Hair. I could tell.
A little I can tell you he was color in the beard at one
point. He experimented with Keller in the beard and he
ditched that. I'm telling you, that ain't normal black well
that ain't natural black. Take it from someone who wants
experimented with coloring his own.
Don't now, yeah,
I'm gonna take it from someone who doesn't know a lot about
hair and you're not as you don't work in the salon, okay?
And I'm Italian Friend. It me is how I use hair first off. He
would die The Sideburns that have gray. They're like,
I don't think you would
do that. I'm telling, well, no you left a little, he left
a little gray for a A fact, there's a little, there's
a little streak on top. I'm telling you, that ain't real.
If I find out that his hair is being dyed and it's that color,
I promise you. I'm gonna make fun
of him to his face on this show and I'll never stop. I promise
you, I just would be shocked. I don't think he'd do that. I'll
find the photograph also of the period of time when that beard
was black from ear to ear. But nevertheless, this is about
Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance.
Okay, so
it's trays team.
We're not going to mess around with that anymore. Good. Good.
And they acted like they didn't mess around with it much. Yes,
they did. When the owner is out there talking about how Steve
Young sat on the bench for four years and maybe Trail do that
yes they did mess around with it.
They were trying to play this game that we're going to keep
Jimmy Garoppolo because that was part of their leverage to
get the trade package. They wanted because look if you act
like, you don't want to trade the guy, you can get more for
him from somebody who really wants
him. If you Don't want to keep the guy it's harder to get
what you really want. Less you've got four teams, chasing
them, like the Texans did with the Sean Watson, they finally
realized how asinine that was. And I give Kyle credit from the
Tim kawakami podcast, we played it yesterday. If you watched
the show yesterday, you knew where this was going because
Shannon already said. So they are not going to keep Jimmy
Garoppolo on that team. He's going to be gone by week one.
And if they can't trade
him, they're going to cut him. He passed his physical
last night. Seven half-million-dollar injured
guarantee goes away. His salary is completely unguaranteed
unless he's on the roster week one,
he's not going to be on the roster week one,
they're going to cut him if they can't trade him, he's
apparently on board with it. Good for the 49ers, they
screwed around with this for too long. Chris smart move to
go into this training camp with nothing to drag down tray.
Lance,
he's your guy. These mixed signals were not going to help
him become who he is and who he needs to be to justify
the draft pick to justify the trade to put themselves in. Position
to
make the draft pick, smart move by the 49ers, to go all in with
Trail and yeah, and right. I mean in all of it, I mean just
the the questions from the media, just the Jimmy Garoppolo
presence and
that conversation constantly hovering over the football
team. You say what you want? It's annoying. It's
a distraction, it takes away from the team's ability to kind of
focus on what they need to focus on. Let alone trail ends.
So I'm very happy to as a guy that routes are the 49ers
because of Kyle, Shanahan and John Lynch. I
See them do do well
and I think this is a big step
and I don't fault them.
You know, I'm with you. I thought it was dangerously,
close a little bit in this ring of times to go. And man, this
is, you know, you're making heart, life hard, on yourselves
out there in San Francisco
by, you know, confusing or
at least, adding some fuel to this conversation with
Garoppolo and everything out there. But, but I think, you
know, I'm not going to fault them for taking their shot and
trying to make it happen.
I'm glad like you're saying they're finally abort Mission,
abort Mission. We're not going to get what we wanted for,
Jimmy Garoppolo, and some, unless something miraculous
happens around the league here
and the next month,
and let's just start to frame our team
around Trail and get everybody to buy into that. The fan base
included and this is the new Lifeline of the 2022, 49ers.
I think it's the right approach and I'm glad to see they're
doing it
and they're going to keep him out of practice even though
he's been cleared because if he gets injured, if he Something
happened. If he's one of the guys that gets lost for
the year in training camp, 25 million dollars
becomes guaranteed. If he's on season-ending injured reserve
so
it sounds like they're all on the same page. We'll get to
that in a second for now though the idea of removing the guy
from The Mix that all the players love, here's George
kiddo. And other 49ers team mates talking about
the new guy that they better learn to love because Trey,
Lance is taking over
I can't wait. Oh yeah, that's a great idea.
I don't think I've had pretty good success with every
quarterback that I played in the so far here. I mean,
I don't make the decision. So she just told me that
they told me that Kyle said that before I walked in here.
So I wasn't blindsided. But,
you know, I guess that was, that's what we know now. And,
you know, I love
love, Jimmy
love tray.
Like I said, I don't make those decisions, so if This is in
there, you know, deciding to make,
you know, we're all all with. It's nice that Kyle came out
and finally, you know, set it publicly. But I felt like we
all kind of felt that and saw that
in OTAs and whatnot. So it's not too much of a shocker,
a new thing but definitely excited for training excited
for us.
Trey definitely brings a completely different Dynamic
to the football field than anything I played with before.
So I'm looking forward to it, his progress from being
a rookie day, one of OTAs last year through training camp
through the season and throughout
He has his like throaty Aces last couple months has,
he's gotten better. I mean, I can see that and I'm not gonna
lie to you guys like he has gotten better. If he stunk.
I tell you guys, he stunk he doesn't,
but he's gotten better and he's a can, he's going to continue
to progress. And I think the more games that trade plays
a better, he's going to get and it's just going to be up to us
to be around him, to help him out as best we can.
What we believed that this season, you won't be getting
asked, Jimmy or Trey. I bet you want you guys still asks me.
I put money on it. I don't know. I don't know.
I you never know. You guys are crazy out there.
Yeah, George kidal was at the center
of this conversation for over a year because he was the one who
was most clearly supportive. Yeah. Of Jimmy Garoppolo mean,
they really did take a hell of a risk last year and they
almost got to the Super Bowl and here's the problem
if they had gotten to the Super Bowl.
Could they have moved on?
No Rapala. I don't know.
That have been interesting, especially if they want it. I'd
say no, they couldn't have and probably have to stay with
Jimmy Garoppolo one more year, you know, getting their to
the Super Bowl.
I don't know. It mean
yeah I would think that would sway things in his favor. But
if he misses a few big throws like he did against the Chiefs
in the Super Bowl, that might be enough to to go. Okay. You
got a Super Bowl but damn, you know, we've seen two of them
now and you can't make the four or five throws that we need to
win it
so I don't know. It'd be interesting.
I think it would have to probably been in a Super Bowl win
all together.
But either way, this is a good thing. Again you know I know
Shanahan said hey
Trey knows a Jimmy knows that the team knows it. No, the team
didn't know it definitely we saw arik Armstead their
say he was told in the way in
you know I'm sure guys on the defensive side of the ball.
Yeah they had a clue that it's going that way but they were
probably still wondering. You know how Shanahan's going to
deal with this?
How's it going to work out and training him?
So this kind of puts finality to it
and I think it's a good thing and now it just can be focused
on tray and what he can. Do for the offense and like George
Kittle said,
you know, I don't expect it to be perfect quarterback wise
compared to Jimmy Garoppolo, there's going to be some
mistakes and some interceptions and Miss throws. But I do think
with his vast skill set
that and then you couple that with Shanahan and the talent
they have in that offense that they can have an offense. That
is more dangerous than it's been with Jimmy Garoppolo and
might not be always is consistently working machine,
but I think it can be more dangerous which could be lead
to
being a better football team.
Ultimately when it comes to cember in January,
George Kettle said is to Trey Lance. He's gotten better. If
he stunk I'd tell you guys he stunk what do you really tell?
He would not, he would not tell us that because there's a lot
of people out there last year that told me privately that
trail and stunk and training camp and early on. They
they said it and they weren't coming out and publicly saying
that, they know that he's the, he's the Crown Jewel of
the 49ers organization. I don't care who you are. If you're
George, candle-making, 16 million a year.
Whatever, you know that that's the the prized possession of
Shanahan and Lynch. They're not going to say anything bad
about him. They know they know how delicate that conversation
is
the and here's the other reality,
they fell out of love with Jimmy Garoppolo for one primary
reason, they couldn't count on him to stay healthy.
So what happened last year? When Trey Lance started a game,
he injured his knee.
Yeah, that's the other thing that we need to be stronger is
enough,
right? Can he Stay healthy. They questioned over the guys
durability is going to be at the NFL level especially when
he played at North Dakota State. No offense to North
Dakota State but that's not the highest level of college
football. So he hasn't really been in that physical grind.
Last year to starts to injuries
knee against the Cardinals finger against the Texans.
That's an important consideration as well.
And they better feel pretty good about their backup because
chances are they going to need them at some point? Yeah, it
did. This definitely one of the things that does scare me about
trail ends, I mean as much as he's got the big time, Kalin.
And some things you really like, you know, guess I'm still
not sold on his throwing.
I'm not, you know, and I do I do look at the arm fatigue that
conversation is something to look out for with his motion.
I can understand the arm fatigue happening but the health is
real to
you know, get I it is similar
to another North Dakota State quarterback.
Alright. Carson Wentz.
And one of the things when he came out in the draft by number
one worry about him was injuries. Why he was a safety?
He went there at North Dakota state to play safety.
I don't know if he's really,
you know, that all-encompassing natural quarterback that way.
So he had that a little bit of a physical nature to him
and he showed that in North Dakota State and yeah, didn't
get hurt. But to your point it's not like you're not
playing the same type of talent week in and week out and doing
that. And we've seen what happened with his career
and I do worry about that betray Lance and guess what?
Trey, Lance was. He was a guy that nobody in college football
wanted to play quarterback, they want him to play safety
and the secondary.
You know. So that's where I do question how natural he is at
some of that stuff sliding, get out in a dangerous way because
I think he has
a little bit of that mentality of, let me lower the shoulder.
I'm a safety I can hit this guy too and that doesn't really
bode well for starting an awful quarterback
boy. That would be the ultimate irony if they get rid of Jimmy
Garoppolo because he can't stay healthy and they were placing
with a guy who can't stay healthy but we'll see.